Android

The SPB guys have added 3D panels, widgets and many more features to the popular user display replacement now called SPB Shell 3D. The latest version is currently only available for Android phone types, but will hopefully include other OS types soon. Read on for more information from the press kit...

HTC keeps pouring on the innovation with new Android and Windows WP7 phones at CTIA this year. First up is the HD7S... a powerhouse of features packed into a 4.3" screen should satisfy any mobile power user. The new devices include a tablet and the pumped-up EVO 3D. Read on for full press info or go here...

New products for HTC ThunderBolt just released! If you take care of your mobile investments as much as I do, then you know you have to have a good accesory vendor in the back pocket. Seidio has just about every popular device out there covered. Check out the site here, or read on for more press info...

Many a cell phone user does not understand the myriad ways a provider can charge them for data usage, and at the heart of this problem are apps (push services for example) that are surreptitiously running up your data connections in the background. This is where an app like Spb Monitor (now available for Android), can greatly helpâ€¦ Read on for full press release infoâ€¦

USA Today released a reader app yesterday for Android (also available for other iPhone, Google TV/Chrome OS, and Windows Slate PCs). If you're an Android user, and look forward to USA Today updates on your phone, you probably want to grab this app. Go here to the Android Market to check it out, or read on for full press details...

If you've been wondering why Barnes & Noble's full color e-reader, the Nook Color, was running yesterday's Android OS, have no fear-2.2 is almost here!

I spoke today with a Barnes & Noble representative who showed me the forthcoming update on his company Nook which is slated for this January. The 2.2 Android update is a game changer and literally turns the e-reader into a near full Android tablet device.

You need to keep your passwords and account info in a safe place (not stored in an unencrypted PIM app), so you might want to check out the latest version of SafeWallet, now with cloud-based dropbox, Android support and more...

This post is twofold. One to inform our bloggers that are still carrying the Smartphonemag torch here that we now have a new blog category pulldown that allows you to tag posts by operating system type (This post being obviously about getting Android to run on my Dell Axim x51)...and secondly a bit of a teaser about getting Android running on an Axim...haha (it's a very early debug build, so don't get any hopes up yet).